A top US business lobby group has urged Americans to respect the processes of an orderly transition of political power, with voting under way across the country for next month’s presidential election.
“It can take time to finalise election results, and we urge all Americans to respect the processes set out in federal and state laws for electoral determinations and an orderly transition,” Business Roundtable chief executive Joshua Bolten said.
The statement follows Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s claim that the transfer of power following his 2020 defeat was peaceful.
“You had a peaceful transfer of power”, Trump told the Economic Club of Chicago when asked about the January 6 2021 attack at the US Capitol.